Fall 2008 Fridays: September 19 – November 7 OLLI Open house: Tuesday, August 19 See page 20 for details

(OLLI) at the University of Connecticut Waterbury, CT

Lifelong Learning

Providing adults 50 and over with opportunities to engage in intellectual development, cultural stimulation, and social interaction. to the University of Connecticut’s Waterbury Campus!

I am honored to lead this campus whose mission is public outreach, engagement and academic quality. I offer my sincere congratulations to all of the OLLI members and volunteers who have made the Osher Lifelong Learning It is hard to imagine that we are entering our fourth session of OLLI at UConn—Fall 2008! We are now serving Institute at the University of Connecticut a success. OLLI is well known in the region, and has a story to tell nationally. residents from over forty Connecticut cities and towns. We continue to strengthen as an Institute and grow our course Proudly, OLLI at UConn will be featured in the 2008 Volume of LLI Review, an academic journal for lifelong learning. offerings—in numbers and in diversity of topics. In this fall 2008 program brochure please note the following changes OLLI members come from all walks of life with various demographic, educational and ethnic backgrounds. I wish and improvements. success to all of the new and returning OLLI members as you pursue learning for the sheer joy of it! On behalf of the UConn Waterbury family, we look forward to sharing wonderful experiences along the path of lifelong learning. • OLLI is conducting its first ever OPEN HOUSE! This event is intended as a reunion of all former and current OLLI at UConn members and as an open invitation to your friends and the general public. This event is filled with options to excite and engage. Please plan to attend and bring many with you! Please see page 20 for details. William J. Pizzuto, Ph. D. • OLLI has announced a ground-breaking idea—an OLLI Intergenerational Chorus, directed by the accomplished Christopher Shay. This is truly going to give OLLI a voice—if you like to sing, come to the brief audition and information session. Please see the announcement on page 17. Director, UConn Waterbury Campus • OLLI is offering a new course in the form of a 14-week intergenerational course with Dr. Ruth Glasser. Seating is limited and this course starts well in advance of our OLLI Session. Consider this exciting new format! See page 6 for details. Please Note: this course begins August 28.

• OLLI has significantly more Writing and Literature courses—you asked for them and now we have them!

• OLLI is expanding its partnerships! We welcome the Connecticut Dance Theater and the Thomaston Opera House to the mix of Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Partnerships!

• OLLI now has new course time slots to accommodate our growth and success. We now have an early morning time slot (8:15 AM) for the early risers among us. The four time slots provide opportunities for more choices and less competition among so many great course offerings. Please always check meeting times and days— they do vary this session.

The world of lifelong learning at UConn is designed with you in mind—it is a place where you can come and share knowledge, ask questions, engage socially, and think about the future. Along with the OLLI staff, the OLLI Leadership Council, our Standing Committee members and OLLI volunteers, I invite you to come and enjoy! On behalf of the Leadership Council and membership of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) here at Have a powerful and transformative year in learning—and as always, please tell a friend! UConn in Waterbury, I extend to you warm greetings for a successful and enjoyable semester. The various OLLI committee members have worked hard over the last few months to bring you a selection of classes that will pique Sincerely, your curiosity, challenge your intellect and delight your senses. The OLLI Café roster of speakers is equally as interesting and I know you will be eager to join fellow members at our special OLLI events. Please make time to meet members of your Leadership Council. We are here to represent you, listen to your wants and needs and help you enjoy the learning experience together. Lifelong learning enhances our everyday lives. It gives us the opportunity to Brian G. Chapman, Ed.D. expand our knowledge, meet wonderful neighbors and just plain have fun. Have a wonderful semester! Director of OLLI

Nancy Via

President, OLLI at UConn Waterbury

OLLI FALL 2008 | 2 OLLI FALL 2008 | 3 “I have had such a wonderful experience learning again. I am 72 years old and I don’t get too many opportunities for learning.” Mission OLLI at UConn is a member-driven, community-based program offering non-credit learning experiences (courses, lectures, and special events) for mature adults who want to engage socially and intellectually with their peers as teachers and learners. Situated on an intimate, state-of-the-art university campus with traditional- age students and research faculty, OLLI also provides a fertile ground for an intergenerational interaction and exchange of ideas. The urban campus reaches out to a diverse region which provides opportunities for partnership with other cultural, educational, and arts organizations.

Annual Membership and Benefits

Since January 2008, OLLI has had Annual Membership cycles. Memberships are either spring-fall or fall-spring. If you paid your membership fee in spring 2008, you do not have to pay the fee again for this semester. If you did not pay the annual membership fee in spring 2008, you can join today for fall 2008/spring 2009 and receive your OLLI membership card. Fees are non-refundable!

Annual OLLI Membership is $60 – membership benefits include • Participation in OLLI Café Activities –“A place to lunch and learn.” Members are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch. Coffee and fruit will be provided. • Opportunity to register for OLLI course ($25 each course in fall 2008, subject to change in 2009) • UConn Waterbury Friday only parking pass (for fall 2008) • OLLI discount book card for UConn Co-op bookstore • Entrance to Special OLLI Events • Discounts for Non-Osher Events • OLLI membership card

Learning Activities

The OLLI Program currently includes short-term, non-credit courses, OLLI Café (lunch and learn) activities, and special events. Courses generally meet at the Waterbury campus once a week on Fridays.

Most programs and classes are scheduled during daytime hours. See course descriptions for specific times. Please note the newly added class times.

Brown Bag OLLI Café presentations are held from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM in the multipurpose room.

To join and register for Fall classes, please fill out the enclosed membership form and return by Thursday, September 4, 2008

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NEW! OLLI The Basics of Microsoft Office ancient civilizations, and has conducted GENEALOGY INTERGENERATIONAL Word and Excel lectures on the topic. A returning OLLI presenter, Connie speaks fluent Spanish, What Branch Are You From? LEARNING 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Italian, and several dialects of Southern Researching Your Family Tree. Immigrants and the Shaping of September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Italy. Her annual travels to Italy focus on the October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM American History culture and archaeological research. Room #224 September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, 14 Sessions – Thursdays from 11:15 AM to 1:45 PM October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 CURRENT EVENTS August 28, September 4, 11, 18, 25, October 2, 9, 16, Microsoft Word: learn the fundamental Room # 218 (October 10 class in #317 and November 23, 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4 techniques of Word in this hands-on class. 7 class in #102) Learn how to create, edit, format, print, save, Radical Islam and the European Room #210 and retrieve documents. Microsoft Excel: a Union Do you want to know more about your dynamic spreadsheet package designed to family history but don’t know where to start? PLEASE NOTE: This course meets 4 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM allow users to combine number crunching Then this is the course for you! It will focus on Thursday September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 and outstanding results. Learn how to create, on the fundamentals of genealogy. Members Room # 201 This course deals with the origins of format and print spreadsheets; entering and will learn how to organize, use and properly immigration to the American colonies using formulas and functions. A working This course will examine the role of the record information on family group sheets and the post-colonial United States, and knowledge of computers is a prerequisite for European Union with regard to the growth of and pedigree charts. Research will include the interaction of immigrants and their this class. radical Islam in Europe. It will start with the the use of vital, church, census, immigration, descendants with the social, political, and response to the Arab oil embargo in 1973, and military records. A variety of sources will economic life of the nation. It employs a Leon LeClerc also teaches Demystifying then examine a range of current issues: the be investigated including use of the Internet. combination of history, fiction, memoir Personal Computers – Basic substitution of the EU for traditional nation A special Saturday trip to the Connecticut and social science, texts, discussion, Introduction to Computers. states as the focus of political identity and State Library’s Department of History and film viewing, and oral history fieldwork loyalty; the EU’s efforts, particularly since Genealogy will be arranged. (interviews with immigrants). Members ARCHITECTURE COMPUTERS CULTURE AND LANGUAGE September 11, 2001, to combat terrorism; will have an opportunity to examine a the impact of further EU integration under Polly S. Gunther is a self-taught genealogist. multitude of voices and points of view Conversational Italian for Travel the Treaty of Lisbon; EU foreign and defense She has been researching and unraveling Architectural Gems Demystifying Personal her family’s history for about five years. She both from within and from outside the Computers – Basic Introduction 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM policy; and Turkey’s application to join the different groups studied, including Native 4 Sessions – Fridays from 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM EU. While designed as a follow-on to “Radical is a member of the Connecticut Society to Computers September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Americans, early European immigrants, September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 Islam in Europe: A Primer” offered in spring of Genealogists, Connecticut Professional October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 enslaved Africans and Mexicans, turn of the Room #217 (Sept. 19 class in #119) 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 2008, OLLI members who did not attend that Genealogists Council, The New England Room # 210 century Southern and Eastern European September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, course are also welcome. Historic Genealogical Society, Godfrey Waterbury and the surrounding towns have Memorial Library and The Society of and Asian immigrants, African American October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Going to Italy? Want to feel more some of the best architecture in the country, Mayflower Descendants of the State of migrants from rural South to urban North, Room #224 comfortable understanding the Italian Leslie S. Lebl writes, lectures and consults as well as classic examples of New England Connecticut. She is presently serving and more recent immigrations of Latin language, mind, and lifestyle? In addition to on foreign policy, including transatlantic architectural traditions from the 1600s to the as the registrar for her chapter of the Americans, Caribbeans, Africans, Asians, Whether you don’t know how to turn the helping members understand the language relations, European defense and counter- present day. This course will explore many National Society Daughters of the American and Europeans. computer on, recently bought your first and grammar, this conversational Italian terrorism policy, and radical Islam in Europe of the great area buildings through historic Revolution. She is a recently retired teacher, computer or have little experience…this class course will use multi-media tools to focus (see www.leslielebl.com and her blog, www. Dr. Ruth Glasser, Lecturer and and contemporary photographs, maps having taught for 34 years at the elementary is perfect for you. It will introduce you to the on the non-verbal (Italian) communicator, leslielebl.blogspot.com). She is currently Coordinator of the UConn Urban and illustrations. The final session will also level and is a returning OLLI presenter. “mouse” and how it works, the keyboard, the cultural differences, expectations, and Italian working on a study of Muslim extremism Community Studies Program will facilitate discuss issues and resources for preservation, difference between hardware and software, customs and traditions to help the traveler and the European Union. A former foreign the intergenerational class. She received rehabilitation, and adaptation of old buildings. and introduce the Internet. The course is avoid cultural blunders. Service Officer, she was minister-counselor her PhD from Yale University in 1991. A This course will include a walking tour of hands-on learning. Come make a new friend for political affairs at the U.S. mission to the former OLLI presenter, she is also the Downtown Waterbury. and have fun – meet the mouse and its Connie Tripodi has a BA in Natural Sciences European Union in Brussels, 2000-2003, and author of My Music is My Flag: Puerto Rican companion, the personal computer! from CCSU and an MBA with double political advisor to commanders of the NATO Raechel Guest is a graduate of the “A wonderful program! So Musicians and Their New York Communities, specializations in Healthcare and Global stabilization force in Bosnia-Herzegovina in Winterthur Program (decorative art/museum 1917 – 1940; Aqui Me Quedo: Puerto Ricans Leon LeClerc has an A.S in Business, a BS Management. She was a Medical Technologist the late 1990s. A returning OLLI presenter, studies graduate program) and has curated in Connecticut; as well as a variety of in Business Administration with minors in at St. Mary’s Hospital and has been the she has an MA from Johns Hopkins School of happy to have found it. I several exhibits at the Mattatuck Museum, articles, curriculum materials, and other Psychology and Law, and is a PC Consultant, administrator of a surgical practice for the Advanced International Studies and a BA from including Building Waterbury: The Art of publications. having been involved with all phases of past 18 years. Connie also has a gemology Swarthmore College. Architecutre. She has taught Art Appreciation look forward to Fridays.” computers for over 50 years. Returning as degree from the Gemological Institute of This unique course offering invites OLLI members and Introduction to Art History at UConn- an OLLI presenter, Leon also teaches for the America, designs jewelry inspired by the to attend all sessions of the UConn History class Waterbury for many years and is currently Connecticut Community College System, the which begins August 28 and takes place once a Site Administrator at the Phelps-Hatheway City of Waterbury Education Department week for 14 weeks. Class presenter recommends House in Suffield. She is the author of Houses and private corporations and colleges. reading two course books (although not of the Hillside Neighborhood and created self- mandatory). Enrollment is limited. guided audio tours of downtown Waterbury earlier this year for Main Street Waterbury. She is also the volunteer Chair of Main Street Some courses have required and/or recommended reading. The UConn Co-op bookstore welcomes OLLI Waterbury’s Design Committee. members and carries a supply of most required or recommended books. OLLI members are also entitled to join the Co-op OLLI Book Club to save money on their book purchases.

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS Jewelry Archaeology: From the The American Revolution – 1763 “Poetry, I, too, dislike it, but....” Ancient to the Moderns to 1781 Food to Die Live For 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:00 PM – 2:45 PM 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Room # 318 September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 This is a course for those who are suspicious October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Room # 210 Room # 327 Room #102 of poetry and who may wonder why anyone Jewelry Archaeology influences the styles This course will focus on key events from 1763 would read it. Hopefully, as we go through a Learn nutritional facts, special recipes, and traditions of today’s jewelry. This course to 1781 with special emphasis on the heroes brief history of poetry through the ages and cooking instructions and enjoy food samples. highlights the connection of all jewelry, and heroines sung and unsung. Learn the truth begin to see why poets wrote the poetry they The first four sessions are “Food for Life,” whether precious or fashion jewelry, to behind the myths of our American Revolution did, it will begin to make more sense. The sponsored by The Cancer Project. Some the art and usage in ancient civilizations. – the truth is far better than the fiction. course will concentrate on reading poems topics are low-fat foods, favoring fiber, Topics in this course will include: the for enjoyment – not interpretation! The discovering dairy alternatives, replacing meat, history of jewelry; a brief background of Penny O’Connell has a BA in Political main emphasis will be on modern poetry and and planning healthy meals. Learn how certain the Etruscan, Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Science from Skidmore College. She is a how it has come to be and how poets try foods and nutrients work to promote or Scythian, Mesopotamian, and Meso and South retired high school history teacher with a to communicate their thoughts and feelings discourage cancer growth. The second four American cultures; the lore of gemstones; broad view of world history, having taught in unique ways. Members might even try weeks will cover grains, proteins, deciphering and the symbols and meanings associated courses on the Ancient World, European and creating their own poetry. the nutritional facts label, and practical with each. Questions to be explored include: American history. She has spent years trying nutritional strategies for good health. A Why do we wear jewelry? For vanity, luxury, to unravel the mysteries of our historical past Robert Grady received a BA in Psychology/ trip to a local supermarket to see healthy or expressive art form? Participants will and is delighted to share her discoveries with English from UConn, an MS in Education food will be included. Some food items will experience slide presentations and lively those who have inquiring minds. Penny is a from CCSU and a Sixth year Certificate in be donated by New Morning Natural and discussions around these topics. returning OLLI presenter. Counseling from Fairfield University. He was Organics in Woodbury, CT. awarded an NDEA grant to attend an English Connie Tripodi is a returning OLLI LITERATURE AND WRITING Institute at Carleton College in Minnesota. Jane Sirignano has been a cooking presenter and also teaches Conversational He started teaching at the elementary level instructor with The Cancer Project for Italian for Travel. Creative Expression Through in Waterbury and left to become part of an three years and has taught OLLI classes since The Seven Emotions of Health Harlem Stories: A Journey Poetry innovative teaching program in Watertown. the inaugural session. She has a diploma in and Illness in Chinese Medicine Through Harlem’s Past Castro’s Cuba He retired from the English Department nutrition, has been a cook in a natural foods 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM at Watertown High School after thirty five restaurant, and managed a natural foods 8 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 7 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 years of teaching. He is a member of many store. She conducted food shopping tours September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 September 19, September 26, October 3, no class Room # 318 professional organizations including Poetry.Org. while working with The Coronary Health October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Room # 217 (September 19 class in #119) October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31, Improvement Project and her tour was Room # 326 November 7 This hands-on course will enhance the Through a short documentary and discussion, skills of members interested in writing or Poetry of the Romantic Era considered one of the most valuable aspects Room # 318 of the program. Traditional Chinese Medicine recognizes the this course will explore three stories from understanding poetry. The four elements of 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM emotions as being primary factors that can historical Harlem and the impact that Martin Communist Cuba has long been a political a poem – image, diction, rhythm and form October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 assist the maintenance of health or contribute Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and modern day irritation for the U.S. government. Despite – will be covered. The practicing poet will Room # 327 to disease within the human body. This pioneers have had on the community. Harlem the Treasury Department’s 45-year trade learn to take the reader through a moment course will explore the seven emotions of is best known for the Apollo Theatre and embargo on Cuba, Fidel Castro remains of experience to a moment of insight, using Explore the work of these famous English fear, fright, anger, panic, worry, sadness, and the Cotton Club. Discussions will cover the iconic to many Cubans. This course examines images and metaphors the way a musician poets: Wordsworth, Blake, Byron, Keats and sorrow through the principles found within impact that Harlem has had in America and those defining events that have shaped U.S.- uses sound. The presenter will help members Shelley. Find the messages in these beautiful “I can’t wait for the next this Eastern form of medicine. The duality, the entertainment world. Cuban relations since the early 1960s, with assemble the images needed to convert poems: I Wander Lonely as a Cloud; Tyger, origins, and manifestations of these emotions special emphasis on the Bay of Pigs Invasion, words into passionate encounters, into land Tyger; La Belle Dame Sans Merci; To A Skylark semester to try other will be examined and discussed in relation Franchone Bey is a writer, singer, dancer the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Collapse of the and seascapes, sunrises and sunsets, and at and She Walks in Beauty. to the individual’s health and well being. The and producer. A native New Yorker, she U.S.S.R., and Cuba today. best into a magic mirror in which the reader courses. I love everything class will be encouraged to contribute their studied dance, classical piano, and violin. can see his or her true self. Penny O’Connell also teaches The emotional experiences which will be explored While attending the University of Las Vegas, Bill Blair is a native of Waterbury and has American Revolution and Mary about the concept and in relation to the fundamentals of Traditional she produced and hosted a weekly talk show. previously taught “Shakespeare Matters” Dr. Alvin Laster is a freelance writer of op- Magdalene and Renaissance Art. Chinese Medicine. Since then she has performed in numerous and “Post WWII Genocides” in the OLLI ed articles for local newspapers and a widely productions, has worked as a newspaper program. He has a BS and an MS in English, published award-winning poet. He has lectured execution of the entire William Courtland is a teacher, lecturer reporter in television news production, and and a BA in Anthropology. Bill currently is widely on poetry and has done readings in and workshop facilitator who researches entertained on stage for over 30 years. She an adjunct instructor at Naugatuck Valley schools, colleges and libraries. A collection program and the OLLI Chinese Medical theory and its mind-body is currently the artistic director for OBey Community College. In addition to his writing of his work was published by Northwoods relationship. A returning OLLI presenter, Theater Group. Franchone holds a Masters of literary criticism, he is a political freelance Press in 1988. He is a member of the Academy Café presentations have he is currently a faculty member at the degree in Journalism and Media Studies from journalist who has visited Cuba three times. of American Poets and past President of Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy in Quinnipiac University and is a returning the Southbury Branch of the Connecticut been outstanding.” Westport, where he teaches Acupressure OLLI presenter. Poetry Society. He earned a BS from Rutgers and the theory of Traditional Chinese University and a DDS from St. Louis University. Medicine. He is also a Nationally Certified Licensed Massage Therapist. HISTORY

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Mythic Themes in American This I Believe a mechanical engineer, he patented eleven Rosalie Griffin also teaches From MUSIC Jackson, TN Symphony. She has performed as inventions, most on laparoscopic surgical Literature 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Pyramids to Plato to Pine Cones: The a clarinetist with the Richmond, VA Symphony, instruments. He is presently writing patents Phi-losophy of the Golden Rule. History and Development of the the US Army Band of New England and Young 8 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, on two of his own inventions, and a fourth Orchestra with the Waterbury Audiences of Virginia. She has taught music September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 book on marketing inventions. Planets, Planets and More Symphony Orchestra in public and private schools and at Hampton October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Room # 204 Planets! University, and was the Conductor of the Room # 218 4 Sessions – Fridays from 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM In the early 1950s, Edward R. Murrow hosted MATH AND SCIENCE Williamsburg Youth Orchestra. Goldman 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 This course is a literature course, since the This I Believe, a daily radio program reaching holds degrees in woodwind performance October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Room # 102 material to be analyzed is literature. At the thirty-nine million listeners. Fifty years later, From the Pyramids to Plato to from Boston University and Norfolk State Room # 207 University and in Secondary Education from same time, it is a cultural studies course, NPR and This I Believe are again inviting Pine Cones: The Phi-losophy of This course will explore aspects of the Old Dominion University. since it focuses on society’s belief systems, on Americans of all ages and all perspectives to the Golden Ratio From the time when the peoples of ancient orchestra’s historical development from the our search for meaning in human experience. examine their belief systems through personal 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM civilizations became aware of “wandering Renaissance, Baroque to the Classical period, Alyce Cognetta Bertz enjoys being the We will explore the human dependence on essays. This course (with reading and writing September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 stars” to the time of the recent discoveries the instruments and instrumental families, and concertmaster of the Waterbury Symphony symbols and myths to create existentially assignments) will encourage members to of celestial bodies orbiting other “fixed the acoustical properties of the instruments Orchestra. Her role as the lead violinist enables nourishing belief systems. After the general explore and share their beliefs through Room # 207 stars,” our understanding of the nature of and how composers use color for effect, her to have input into the artistic development introduction to myth, we will focus on reading and writing short essays, as well as This course is a mathematical analysis of the planets and of planetary systems has steadily particularly in program music. Members will of the strings in the Symphony. She performs some mythic themes in American Literature in writing and editing their own work. In “golden ratio,” known as phi, a concept that can improved. Members will trace the historic meet a musician from the WSO, and hear a chamber music in addition to her solo concerts which have both shaped and expressed the addition, those who wish to are encouraged be found in nature and various aspects of life. It discoveries of the planets of our own solar brief performance. The course will include throughout the USA and Europe. American experience. to submit their essays to This I Believe for has been part of the world’s culture from ancient system, learn about satellites, asteroids, attendance at a WSO concert or rehearsal consideration as part of the national radio Egypt and Greece to modern times. The number comets, how planets and planetary systems (with no additional charge). James F. Farnham is Professor Emeritus of PERFORMING ARTS series. of spirals in a pinecone, the spiral growth of formed and how they evolve. Are there other Literature at Fairfield University. He holds a mollusks, and Da Vinci’s “The Annunciation” all planets like Earth which could possibly harbor Leif Bjaland is currently Waterbury PhD from Case-Western Reserve University Alison Mead is a graduate student in Looking Back – Moving Forward: share a relationship to the Golden Ratio. A basic life as we know it? Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Wesleyan University’s Master of Arts in The Palace Theater History and held post-doctoral fellowships at Yale knowledge of fractions and simple geometric Artistic Director and Conductor of the Florida in Cognitive Anthropology and in Judaic Liberal Studies program where she is pursuing shapes is all that is required. Dr. Arnold M. Heiser is an Emeritus West Coast Symphony. Leif has previously Your Palace, Your Place...for the Studies. A returning OLLI presenter, Jim has a concentration in Social Science. She has Professor of Physics and Astronomy, served as Assistant Conductor of the San taught Existential Literature and American also studied memoir writing, as well as A Waterbury native, Rosalie Griffin belonging to the American Astronomical Francisco Symphony and Resident Conductor Best in Entertainment Romanticism and has published studies of landscape and portrait photography, using received a BA in Mathematics from Albertus Society, International Astronomical Union of the New World Symphony. He began his 4 Sessions – Thursdays from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Hawthorne, Melville, Faulkner, and Flannery each medium to tell her own personal stories. Magnus College and an MALS from Wesleyan and Astronomical Society of the Pacific. A musical career as a Professor of Music at Yale O’Connor. She is currently conceptualizing a project University. She taught mathematics for 35 graduate of University of Chicago, he has University, where he served as music director September 18, September 25, October 2, October 9 which will combine both fields to create a years at Crosby High School in Waterbury been a Director at Vanderbilt Observatories, of the Yale Symphony Orchestra. Maestro This course meets ON THURSDAYS at the Palace Writing As Transformative Art more complete self-narrative. Alison has also and presently serves as an adjunct instructor was an outreach volunteer at the Dyer Bjaland holds aMaster’s Degree in Music from Theater (across the street from the UConn campus) worked at UConn Storrs in Admissions and at Naugatuck Valley Community College. the University of Michigan. 8 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Observatory, a NASA Faculty Fellow, and is a Built in 1920, the Palace Theater is known Continuing Studies. A returning OLLI presenter, Rosalie also published author. September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Fran Goldman is the Executive Director for its rich culture and Renaissance Revival provided professional development for architectural design style that features an October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Writing the Novel You’ve Always teachers as a consultant for the Connecticut of the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra and Room # 323 previously held a similar position with the eclectic mix of Greek, Roman, Arabic and Dreamed of Writing Academy of Education in Math and Science. Federal Motifs. Originally a movie/vaudeville This course in transformative art is a creative 8 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM house, the Palace changed with the times writing course. Its main objective is to September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Teaching Old Pros New Math over its seventy years of operation and allow members to write freely whatever October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 Tricks unfortunately went dark for eighteen years. is important to them in order to discover Room # 210 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM It later underwent a major renovation and themselves in a special way. Participants restoration and is considered Greater October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 will read short models of such writing Each of us has a novel inside. If yours is Waterbury’s Center of the Performing Arts, and then use free writing, meditation, and itching to get out, this practical writing Room # 207 hosting Broadway shows, comedy acts, creative writing techniques to help express course will explain how to begin with action Come and have some fun with Texas celebrity concerts, family entertainment and creativity in memoirs, stories, and poems. that “hooks” your readers, the role of plot, Instruments’ graphing calculator and learn much more! Members will learn about the The healing result of this process can result in setting, characters, dialogue and point of about math in a new way. Real-world Palace Theater’s history, the architecture of understanding, playfulness, and often joy. view, and the essential balance of show vs. applications of algebra and geometry the building, and the restoration process. tell, and of details vs. the broad stroke. The will be presented. Using the power of Dorothy Sterpka is a teacher, writer, and Louis Belloisy was a teenager when he final class will stress rewriting and working visualization, this technology has enabled volunteer social worker. She taught English started at the Palace Theater as an usher with a professional editor. students to “see” mathematics more clearly for over 30 years at UConn Hartford and and worked his way up to doorman, candy and to explore the implications of various now teaches at CCSU. She received an Jack Lander is the published author of vendor, and then projectionist. After six mathematical concepts. A knowledge of basic MSW at the UConn School of Social Work three nonfiction books, fifty one papers, years, he joined the Air Force to pursue a arithmetic principles is the only prerequisite in 1999 and uses that knowledge to work and for the past twelve years has written a career in aviation and is certified by the FAA to experience these technological with children and older adults. Dorothy is magazine column for inventors. A former to fly and teach in numerous aircrafts. He is advancements. Calculators will be provided especially interested in the healing power of OLLI presenter, Jack also works full time currently a house photographer and historian for use in class and students from the art and continues to attend seminars in art as a mentor to creative entrepreneurs and for the Palace Theater and a projectionist Waterbury Arts Magnet School (WAMS) may therapy, writing as therapy, and psychodrama. inventors and, at “seventy-something”, has for a multiplex theater in Torrington and a serve as class assistants. no plans to retire. In his corporate life as returning OLLI presenter.

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Dance for the Love of It! performed in major dramatic roles and in VISUAL ARTS Vuillard. The Nabi, Fauves and Expressionists musicals in professional summer stock and 6 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM built on all these styles and anticipated in numerous educational theatres. He is an Mary Magdalene and Renaissance the radical innovations of Cubism and September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, active member of Actors’ Equity and Screen Art from “The DaVinci Code” Abstraction in the early 20th century. October 27, October 24 Actors Guild. “OLLI has been a very Room #102 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Dr. Virginia L. Bush attended Wellesley September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 College, received her PhD from Columbia This movement course will take a look at the PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT rewarding experience Room # 327 University and is a Fellow of the American positive effects dance has on our well being: Academy in Rome. She has taught in New York, mind, body and soul, and the health benefits Living Funnier Look at DaVinci’s Last Supper and Virgin of the New Jersey, and Connecticut. She has authored – every part of it – the derived from social dancing. It will cover Rocks, Botticelli’s Primavera and Birth of Venus 4 Sessions – Fridays from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM articles on Italian Renaissance art history and how dance impacts our culture and social along with Jan Van Eyke’s Arnolifini Marriage September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 modern art and has worked in art galleries and classes, lunch and environment, the different styles of dance and see for yourself if you can solve the Room # 213 art administration. Her travels throughout the over the decades – from the 1920s to the mystery of Mary Magdalene and the female U.S. and Europe have resulted in a collection of learn speakers, staff 1980s – along with studying the artists who A participatory experience with humor and principle. Enjoy the discussion and view nearly 30,000 art images. She has also been a made these social dances popular, such as comedy from the 1920s to the present. The framed prints of these paintings. presenter in the OLLI program. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. course will review movies, television, stories, and instructors.” and jokes; bring your own materials, or just Penny O’Connell also teaches The Donna Bonasera is the founder and Artistic bring your sense of humor. American Revolution and Poetry of the Visual Memoirs: Painting From Director of CT Dance Theatre, Inc. She is Romantic Era. Memory and/or Imagination one of few Americans to receive a diploma Maryellen Considine, Ed.D has been a Bob Blake taught for 34 years in the 8 Sessions – Fridays from 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM in the Vaganova Method of Classical ballet Waterbury school system and retired with member of Ward-Nasse Gallery in NYC Not Just a Pretty Picture: Before, September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, while studying in Russia and was awarded an intact sense of humor. A BA from UConn since 1987. Her work has also been exhibited During and After Impressionism October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 a scholarship to study at the American and an MS from Southern Connecticut throughout Connecticut, New York and Dance Machine which preserves the original State University in no way detracts from his 4 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM Room # 318 North Carolina. She studied at SCSU, Paier choreography of Broadway Musicals and willingness to present this overview of humor. September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10 College of Art, The School of Visual Arts and Keynotes Using references when applicable, members the Art Students’ League. She holds a BS, MS, film. She is the state director for National Room # 326 will create works from memory and/or 4 Sessions – Fridays from 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM and Sixth Year. She earned a doctorate in art Dance Week and is recognized nationally and PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION imagination with either oil or acrylic paint. October 17, October 24, October 31 classes and internationally for training high caliber dancers Vast social changes after the French education with a concentration in painting Revolution resulted in new attitudes and Writing or interpreting passages from prose from Columbia University. She has been an Saturday, November 8 performance and for her choreography for both musical Buddhism is Not What You Think practices in Art: Neoclassicism (David, or poetry may be some exercises used to art instructor for more than 30 years and has Room # 102 theatre and ballet. Many of her students have 8 Sessions – Fridays from 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM Ingres); Romanticism (Delacroix, Gericault); elicit visual images. Expressive and meaningful taught at Wilby High School in Waterbury gone on to dance professionally in ballet works of art will be the end result. A variety Keynotes will explore classical piano – September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, Realism (Corot, Courbet). Traditional and SCSU in New Haven. companies throughout the world and are of painting techniques will be reviewed, including the instrument’s construction, October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 academic art continued through the century, featured performers on Broadway and film. and verbal participation will enhance the history and unique abilities, plus classical but ceded leadership to new styles, especially Room # 207 experience, along with one-on-one help from Four Surrealists piano music and its evolution. The course will the artists who came to be known as Acting 101 – How to Conquer Your the presenter. Note: drying time for oil paints 8 Sessions – Fridays from 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM focus on specific pieces of repertoire that This OLLI course offers a clear, Impressionists: Monet, Morisot, Renoir, Inhibitions! can be very long. If that is a consideration, will be performed live at a Thomaston Opera straightforward look at the wisdom and Pissarro and Sisley. However, many other September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, members may elect to use acrylic paint, House concert as part of the Classical Piano 7 Sessions – Fridays from 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM guidance of an enlightened teacher who lived artists explored highly individual styles in the October 17, October 24, October 31, November 7 which dries in a relatively short time. Series. As the final class meeting, members September 19, September 26, October 3, October 10, some 2500 years ago but whose teachings later 19th century: Degas, Manet, Van Gogh, Room # 323 Enrollment is limited. may attend the Thomaston Opera House remain as vital and penetrating today as Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat, Bonnard, and October 17, no class on October 24, October 31 and Two class sessions will be spent on discussions piano concert (at a discounted price) with ever. It provides an overview of Buddhism’s November 7 of the following artists: Jean Arp, Joan Miro, renowned pianist Joseph Kalichstein at 8:00 essentials, free of the fetters and cultural Room # 217 (September 19 class in #119) Rene Magritte, and Salvadore Dali. After PM, on November 8, and attend the post- trappings that have accumulated over defining surrealism as a form/school/period concert talkback. Do you harbor hidden desires to let your 25 centuries. This course is designed for inner character(s) out? This practicum every person with a desire to see deeply of Modern Art, we will examine how each of The Thomaston Opera House has includes voice and movement, theatre games, into the nature of existence. It is a call to these artists applied the principles so as to gain been presenting a full season of musical and improvisation, culminating in a performed awakening. When the Buddha was asked to a better understanding of this period and its theater since 1991 and the Classical Piano monologue of your choosing. Watch your sum up his teachings in a single word, he said, continuation in the present art complex. Series for six years. OLLI’s Thomaston communication skills and self-confidence “Awareness.” Richard J. Kupstis earned a MSS in Opera House guest presenters will include grow through the process. If this clicks for American History from CCSU and a the Opera House’s Executive Director as you, we may see you in that next community Pierce Reignier participated in behavioral BA in Sociology from the University of well as professors from area colleges and theatre production. studies and rehabilitative counseling classes. Connecticut. He is a retired secondary art professionals in the classical music field. He has been studying and practicing Richard Reimold is Professor Emeritus of meditation and Tai Chi’s mindful movements teacher and is certified in History and Social the Theatre Arts Department at Western for over 11 years. He has studied with the Studies. He taught at Wolcott High School Connecticut State University. He founded Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Nhat Hanh, for 34 years. A former OLLI presenter, Dick the Theatre Department at Western in 1970. and has taught at the International Buddhist is a practicing artist and potter, has been a Along with an MA from New York University, Retreat Center in New Hartford. Pierce runs member of Wesleyan’s Potters since 1980 and his studies include acting training from Stillwater Meditation Center in Wolcott, is a member of the Meriden Arts and Crafts Yale University, Northwestern University, which offers Tai Chi, Meditation and Yoga. Association and the Brownstone Group – a and H.B. Studio in New York City. He has Pierce is also a returning OLLI presenter. critique group.

OLLI FALL 2008 | 12 OLLI FALL 2008 | 13 OLLI Café FALL 2008

October 3, 2008 October 17, 2008 Straight From a Woman’s Heart Money Follows the Person (MPR) A venue for the exchange of ideas and experiences focusing on improving the quality This is the story of a very special patient Do you have an elderly or disabled loved one of life. The goal of OLLI Café is to have presentations and activities with themes such who inspired the Director of Cardio- residing in a nursing home? In 2006 Joseph as Health and Wellness, Arts and Culture, and Current Events. Pulmonary and Critical Care Services Stango proposed “Money Follows the Person” at Saint Mary’s Hospital to change the (MFP) to the state legislature with the hope of way she thought about her profession bringing his mother home to live her remaining Bring your lunch and we will provide the coffee and fruit! OLLI Café presentations and herself. This talk focuses on a life- years with him. Under this new program, are open to all OLLI members. These are not courses. Pre-registration is changing moment that challenged our signed into law in 2006 and expanded in 2008, not required. The weekly event features a guest speaker followed by a short speaker’s views on exercise and heart a person who qualifies for Medicaid and who disease, stroke, open heart surgery, and is residing in a nursing home can come home Q&A session. the afterlife. This story promises to inspire and receive services as opposed to having to others to make a life change or overcome stay in a nursing home. This will allow disabled Fridays—Room #113 • 11:30 – 12:00 Lunch • 12:00 – 1:00 Speaker Presentation a personal challenge in their life. persons of any age to live independently and surrounded by their loving family – a health Josie Soucy, RN, MSN, CCRN, CNA, care incentive ultimately less expensive for the Division Director of Cardio-Pulmonary state of Connecticut. and Critical Care Services at Saint Mary’s Zoe appears through the Courtesy of Sesame Workshop © Hospital, has more than thirty years of Joseph Stango is currently a Vice President experience in the healthcare field. Josie and Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch. He October 31, 2008 is a healthcare leader with an MS in also served in management as a Resident Type 2 Diabetes – What is it and How Does One Cope September 19, 2008 Cynthia Roznoy, PhD is curator at the September 26, 2008 nursing. She has directed the operations Director with Merrill Lynch. Along the way, he With it? Contemporary Connecticut – What’s New in Art Mattatuck Museum. Previously she was Growing Old Tastefully – a Trip to the Cheese Caves of the New Hampshire Heart Institute and has been a published columnist, a business and an independent art consultant, taught art of France several Emergency Operations as well. Her financial talk show host and a Financial Analyst Type 2 Diabetes, becoming frequent in In fall 2008, the Mattatuck Museum will history at UConn Stamford and was director/ experience provides distinctive leadership and Commentator for many state radio adults aged 50 and older, is the most present an exhibit of Connecticut art, The diversity of flavor in French cheese curator at the Whitney Museum of American combined with several years of experience stations including Waterbury’s WATR. He has common form of diabetes affecting over 90% showcasing new, emerging artists. In is due partly to the micro-organisms Art in Stamford. She has participated on in patient-focused care operations with also lectured at the University of Rhode Island of the 20 million Americans with diabetes. preparation for the exhibit, a team of artists growing naturally on cheeses during the several arts councils, grant panels, presented expertise in strategic planning. on Financial Planning and has held charitable Understanding this illness is the key to and museum directors scoured the state ripening process. Having spent four years numerous art exhibitions, and has authored roles throughout greater Waterbury. managing it. The presentation will include in search of new talent and new artistic in France doing doctoral research in dairy arts publications and presentations. She information on causes, risk factors, warning direction. This presentation will include , Sister Noella will present October 10, 2008 holds degrees from the Graduate School of signs, and prevention tips. Learn about the images of works in the exhibition and a results from her study. Enjoy slides of the A Surgeon Looks at the Physical Death of a Man October 24, 2008 the City University of New York, Hunter symptoms, diagnosis and tests, treatment discussion of how the show was developed. cheese makers, land and animals, and learn Called Jesus In Search of Charles Island, Milford, CT College and Fairfield University. Cynthia is and care, living and managing diabetes, and OLLI members are invited to attend the the history of the regions where cheeses also a member of the American Association Drawing from art, literature, history and Hear the historical account of Charles Island, a available support resources. free opening reception at the Mattatuck on are produced, including images of Saharan of Museums, College Art Association, and the archaeology, this illustrated talk discusses small island off the coast of Milford, Connecticut Thursday, September 11, 2008 from 5:30 – rock art depicting scenes of prehistoric New England Museum Association. the various mechanisms involved in the that was discovered by Adriaen Block in 1614, Dr. John Testa is a private practice 7:30 PM. dairying dating back to 4000 B.C. physical death of the man called Jesus of reputedly used by William Kidd as a burial physician at Greater Waterbury Primary Nazareth. A discussion of scourging and site for part of his treasure, home to a 19th Care Associates in Prospect. He holds a Sister Noella Marcellino is a Benedictine crucifixion, its history and methods will century summer resort, a tranquil setting for BA from Quinnipiac University and his MD nun at the in be presented in lay terms together with a Dominican Retreat in the 1930s, and now from Ross University. He is currently an Bethlehem, Connecticut, where she began what we know of the physical causes a nature preserve. Waterburians vacationed assistant clinical professor of medicine at making the Abbey’s cheese in 1977 using of death by such mechanisms. This is in Milford since the 1850s and Waterbury’s the UConn School of Medicine and a clinical an ancient technique taught to her by a not a religious topic, although several Pritchard family owned the island during its instructor of medicine at the Yale University native of France. Pursuing a doctorate photographs of crucifixes are employed heyday as a resort. Elizur Pritchard was a button School of Medicine. Dr. Testa has conducted in Microbiology in the Department of to illustrate the wounds resulting from manufacturer and bought the island in 1852. research on Type 2 Diabetes for over ten Molecular and Cell Biology at UConn in the practice of crucifixion. years. In 2007, he received the Diabetes 2003, she traveled extensively through Michael Dooling has been a collector and Physician Recognition Award by the traditional cheese-making regions in Dr. Raymond Sullivan practiced general dealer of rare books and manuscripts for National Committee of Quality Assurance in France collecting native strains of cheese- surgery in Waterbury for almost 30 years. thirty years. He turned his avocation for recognition for excellence in diabetes care ripening fungi to access their biochemical He has an intense interest in history, rare books into historical writing, using his and America’s Top Physicians Award by the and genetic diversity. A documentary film particularly as it relates to medicine book collection for source material. He is Consumers Research Council of America for about this journey, The Cheese Nun, was and surgery. Dr. Sullivan has been an the author of An Historical Account of Charles excellence in internal medicine and diabetes. produced by the Paris American Television OLLI presenter for the past two years, Island and articles in The Log of Mystic Seaport, Company and has been shown at film offering courses on New England History Naval History, etc. His book was nominated Olli Appreciation Event festivals and nationally on PBS. and Democracy. He has presented this for the Homer D. Babbidge Award for best topic before various groups throughout work on Connecticut history published in November 7, 2008 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Connecticut and Massachusetts. 2006. He has an MA in Psychology and worked OLLI Café today is the OLLI Appreciation for thirty years in consumer research. He is Event to honor OLLI presenters. Please the Librarian and writes for the Republican- come and support the dedication and American newspaper. volunteerism of our presenters!

OLLI FALL 2008 | 14 OLLI FALL 2008 | 15 ANNOUNCING ANOTHER OLLI FIRST! Being a Course Presenter for the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Connecticut, Waterbury Campus musica

OLLI Courses are generally led by retired, semi-retired and working educators, professionals, entrepreneurs, artists, writers, and others. TheScolara Chorus of UConn Waterbury and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

• Share your passion on a topic or set of topics • Inspire others to learn and explore • Engage with peers and community members 14 Sessions • Lead learners without the administrative burdens Mondays 7:00 PM – 8:45 PM of traditional teaching (reading papers/homework, September 8 – December 8 calculating grades, etc.) Rehearsal location to be announced • Develop innovative, interesting, and compelling Cost for paid OLLI members to join the learning experiences Chorus is $50 per semester. Registration forms will be provided after auditions. • Utilize the campus infrastructure to deliver enriching experiences for older adult learners and yourself— Auditions August 19 and 20, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, without the pressures of homework or testing Room #102 • Explore topics with other learners and create a laboratory for new ideas • Join a national movement of adult learners at the first Osher Institute in Connecticut Musica Scolara is the first Some of the perks . . . intergenerational OLLI Chorus in • free Basic OLLI membership the United States. OLLI members Peters David Rev. of courtesy Photo • reasonable supplies and equipment for course instruction and UConn students are invited to • UConn Waterbury Friday parking pass • Recognition event join this premiere ensemble group. Christopher Say conducting the Shepaug Valley High School Choir at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London on their 2005 tour of Paris and London. • Presenter Honoraria

Students and adults interested in singing music of the masters are Shepaug High School Chorus were also invited to sing at Carnegie Hall. encouraged to schedule an audition at UConn Waterbury, August 19 & Both were invited back, and both earned “Best in Festival” in national 20, 2008 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM. Call 203-236-9924 competitions. Mr. Shay’s choirs toured from Helsinki to Honolulu and presented critically acclaimed concerts at Chartres Cathedral in France The audition/information session will include singing the National Anthem and St. Paul’s in London. Mr. Shay served on the Connecticut Board of and a short song excerpt. The inaugural concert of this new university the American Choral Directors Association and on the Executive Board Look at the New OLLI Opportunities for 2009!!! ensemble will include a Mozart Mass, a contemporary masterpiece and of the Connecticut Music Educators Association. Shay earned a Master of a gospel encore. Music in Teaching (MMT) Vocal Music from Oberlin College Continuing Spring 2009 session, Fridays from March 20, 2009 – May 15, 2009 (no classes April 10). Education in Ohio. He teaches music history at UConn Waterbury and is June Session 2009, Monday through Thursday! June 1 – 26, 2009 Christopher Shay made his debut at Carnegie Hall on December 8, the choral director at Shepaug High School. Deadline for course proposals – November 28, 2008 1989, conducting the Connecticut Choral Society and the New York Please contact us if you would like to present a Spring or Summer 2009 course! Pops. Under his leadership, the Greenwich High School Chorus and the

OLLI FALL 2008 | 16 OLLI FALL 2008 | 17 OLLI Partnership Events FALL 2008 OLLI members will receive ticket discounts for events sponsored by partnering organizations.

The PALACE THEATer Connecticut dance theatre

Your Palace, Your Place...for the Best in Entertainment Connecticut Dance Theatre offers OLLI members a 10% discount on classes in Ballroom, Pilates, and Dance Movement classes, along with a 10% discount on Fall social dances at CDT OLLI members may enjoy a 10% discount on Palace Theatre presentations when they show their studios and the performance of Clara and the Nutcracker. membership card. Some restrictions may apply. Valid on ticket purchases at the Palace Box Office only. May not be combined with other discounts or promotional offers.P revious sales excluded from this offer.

Photo courtesy of Louis Belloisy Peggy Terhune, CDT Pilates Instructor

Connecticut Dance Theatre Classes: Six week classes Lindsay Parisot, 2005 graduate October 6 – November 9, 2008 with partner Juan Camara Educational, mentally and physically beneficial, and most important – FUN! Friday, October 24, 2008 – Fall Festive Social at CDT studio

Contact Donna Bonasera at Clara and the Nutcracker CDTstudio, 860-274-0004 or email: [email protected] December, 19, 20, 21, 2008 CDT’s production is the perfect blend of youthful talent with professional guest artist. Narrated for the young and the young at heart. Close to home, close to the heart. Performances held in the beautiful Bingham Theatre, Taft 1995 graduate Brooke Tansley School in Watertown, CT. (the longest running Belle on Broadway in Beauty and the Beast) For more information contact Connecticut Dance Theatre Photo courtesy of John Murray OLLI members gather in front of the Palace, celebrating National Dance Week.

Thomaston opera house Waterbury Symphony orchestra

Ticket discount for OLLI Members. Call Thomaston Opera House at 860-283-6250. OLLI Members will receive a 20% discount. Call the Waterbury Symphony at 203-574-4283.

Joseph Kalichstein, Pianist Banned Music Five By Design Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00pm Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8 PM in Club Swing Some pianists stun audiences into submission with breathtaking bravura. Others, like Naugatuck Valley Community College Saturday, October 25, Joseph Kalichstein stir up stormy applause with intelligent programming, eloquent Fine Arts Center 2008, 8 PM musicianship, brilliant dexterity and beautiful tone.” Mendelssohn, Beethoven and The Palace Theater James Roos, Miami Herald Shostakovich This celebrated Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano Soloist vocal group joins Joseph Kalichstein is first of all a musician, then a pianist. Music for him is This concert looks at music that forces with the a message from one soul to another. With his diverse repertoire of works full orchestra in ranging from Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms to 20th century works by Bartok, Prokofiev and others, was influenced by political and cultural forces and features one of a celebration of Kalichstein has collaborated with various celebrated conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, the Swing Era James Conlon, Christoph von Dohnanyi, and Andre Previn, to name a few. He has appeared with many of the the most exciting young pianists of our time. from 1937 to 1955. Each decade highlights the songs, events, and major orchestras of the world. A favorite of New York concertgoers, Mr Kalichstein has appeared in several personalities that defined an era, from Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine recitals of Carnegie Hall’s “Keyboard Virtuosi” series. Kalichstein is also a formidable soloist with to Prima’s Sing, Sing, Sing. the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.

OLLI FALL 2008 | 18 OLLI FALL 2008 | 19 Events Open to the Public FALL 2008

Events Open to the Public include celebrations, film premiers, author talks, special lectures, and other programs. olli open house UConn Waterbury Research Lecture Series Parking in the UConn Parking Garage on days other than Friday is limited to degree-seeking students, faculty, and staff. Please use Attendees will be eligible to enter a drawing for a free OLLI membership! alternative street level or municipal parking. Pre-registration is recommended by calling 203-236-9924.

August 19, 2008 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Palace Theatre with Lou Belloisy – Your Palace, Your Place...for the Best Calling all former, current, and future OLLI Chemical Where Are All the Honeybees? New Maps of Chernobyl in Entertainment! A Walking Tour of Members! This event is open to the general Warfare Contamination in Belarus Waterbury’s Most Famous Entertainment Alphonse Avitabile public. OLLI members are encouraged to in Plant House. See the architectural designs, and Tuesday, October 7 Tatiana N. Serebriakova, PhD attend and bring their friends. Communities hear the history of this incredibly beautiful 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Highlights of the Day landmark. Paula Philbrick, PhD Room #333 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM Wednesday, Room #333 9:00 AM Coffee and Light Refreshments OLLI Goes to the Movies, Again! September 24, 2008 Wild colonies of honeybees are disappearing OLLI at UConn opened its doors with the as they contend with infectious diseases, The 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM 10:00 AM Get Ready for the Present: An Connecticut Film Premier of “Been Rich All mites and colony collapse disorder. These explosion Existential Consideration of Lifelong Learning My Life” in October, 2006. This documentary Room #333 threats are also making it increasingly difficult at the with James Farnham, PhD, OLLI Presenter film is back by popular demand! It’s the In streams, on shores, and in the soil, for beekeepers to maintain domesticated Chernobyl and Emeritus Professor, Fairfield University. story of the Silver Belles, five tap dancers chemicals released by one plant or seaweed colonies. The bee problem is a major nuclear who met as dancers on stage during the prevent the germination or growth of headache for agriculture, which depends on power 10:30 AM History Beneath Our Feet: Nicholas Bellantoni Harlem Renaissance. These dynamic women another. Chemical warfare (termed bees to pollinate $14 billion worth of crops plant in the Archaeology in the Naugatuck River Valley, with performed with the great Big Bands beginning allelopathy) determines the structure of each year in the United States. northern Nicholas Bellantoni, PhD State Archaeologist 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Your Choice of Three in the 1930s, went on to lead rich and communities. Evidence from field surveys Ukraine in with the Connecticut State Museum of Afternoon Programs! interesting lives, and reunited to dance for a and lab-based experiments suggest that 1986 caused Natural History and Archaeology Center at couple more decades after retirement! Castlenavia princeps (a riverweed) is the release the University of Connecticut. Mattatuck Museum with Marie Galbraith - Coming Home: Building Community allelopathic, tentatively the first report of of enormous quantities of radioisotopes Join us for popcorn and this great film that were dispersed throughout a large 12:00 PM Bring your own lunch or enjoy a in a Changing World, the Connecticut Artists allelopathy among the riverweeds. Take in the UConn Multipurpose Rooms area of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. The special OLLI discount lunch at participating Collections of works ranging from American a look at some fantastic habitats, and a (113-119). purpose of this research lecture is to show downtown restaurants. master artists Frederic Church, J. Alden Weir, consideration of the dynamic forces that a series of new maps depicting sources of Maurice Prendergast, Milton Avery, Alexander Please call for more details – 203-236-9924 determine what grows where (or, more 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM OLLI Chorus Auditions Calder and Yves Tanguy, and Kay Sage. importantly, what does NOT grow THERE). radiation contamination associated with the with Christopher Shay, Room #102 Chernobyl disaster.

Olli book discussion Connecticut Poetry Circuit

Reading by Kurt Brown The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:30PM UConn Multipurpose room. Light refreshments will be served. Midwest. The Silas Bronson Library and numerous other organizations in the Waterbury region are also supporting this initiative. To learn more Kurt Brown is the author of six chapbooks and five full-length collections of poetry, including Return of the Prodigals, More Things in Heaven and Earth, Fables from the Ark, Future about The Big Read and other local events, visit www.bronsonlibrary.org or Ship, and a new collection, No Other Paradise, due out in 2008 from Red Hen Press. www.NEABigRead.org. As a poet, Mr. Brown has been likened by Baron Wormser to “a patient magician who pulls away the cover gradually. From the narrative ground of personal annals and inspired Big Read Book Discussion of “Fahrenheit 451” observation, he builds poems that revel in the great grace of faithful engagement.”

Dr. Mark Schenker, Associate Dean, Yale University Kurt Brown founded the Aspen Writers’ Conference, and Writers’ Conferences & Centers (a national association of directors). He teaches poetry workshops and craft Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 4:00 PM classes at in Bronxville, New York, and was recently the McEver UConn Waterbury, Room #119 Visiting Chair in Writing at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. Mr. Brown is married to the poet This event is free. Laure-Anne Bosselaar.

Dr. Mark Schenker is returning to OLLI at UConn for the third time. OLLI is proud to be associated with A native of Connecticut who now lives in New York, Mr. Brown will be touring the Dr. Schenker, who is considered to be among the best book discussion leaders in the state and the region. Connecticut Poetry Circuit from October 20 to October 31, 2008. He is currently an Associate Dean of Yale College and Dean of Academic Affairs. A sometime lecturer in the English Department there, he received his PhD from Columbia University in Victorian Literature. He has led book discussion series in public libraries and other venues in Connecticut for over twenty years Photo courtesy of Valentin Moscaliuc through programs sponsored by the Connecticut Humanities Council.

OLLI FALL 2008 | 20 OLLI FALL 2008 | 21 Events Open to the Public FALL 2008

World Affairs Council — Connecticut and Open House for Prospective OLLI Undergraduates Saturday, October 25 The World Affairs Council is a non-partisan organization which 10:00am-12:00pm promotes public understanding of global affairs and world issues by sponsoring programs, discussion series and seminars on Prospective students and their families are invited to explore our academic programs international politics, business and culture. OLLI members can and learn more about financial aid and purchase tickets to World Affairs Council programs and events at scholarship opportunities. Faculty, staff, and World Affairs Council Member prices. To view upcoming programs current students will be on hand to answer please go to: www.ctwac.org and to participate in this offer please your questions. call the council at 860-416-2844. RSVP @ www.waterbury.uconn.edu

Contact Us For more information call 203-236-9924 or 203-236-9881. Email: [email protected] or visit our website at www.waterbury.uconn.edu/osher

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Waterbury Campus W Mai n St t t S

S The campus is located at 99 East Main Street in m 8 E l Main ry E St r N Waterbury, across the street from the Palace Che S E Main St M ai Theater. Paid OLLI members will receive a free n St Wol UConn MBA Program Open Houses Friday-only parking pass.cott Street level or municipal Exit 32 in Waterbury Exit 22 Unionparking St must be used for non-Friday events or Wednesday, January 9, 2008; Tuesday, February 5, 2008; Thursday, March 6, 2008; Wednesday, April 2, 2008; Tuesday, May 6, 2008; Thursday, June 5, 84 when campus garage is full. Parking and directions 2008; and Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Exit 31 84 Elm to campus can be obtained from the website, Monthly MBA Program Open Houses will be held for anyone interested in UConn’s Part-time, Full-time or Executive MBA www.waterbury.uconn.edu/osher or by calling programs. Information about admissions, program curriculum S Main St and concentrations of electives will be provided. Please call (203) 203-236-9924. Exit 22 236-9935 or email [email protected] if you 8 have any questions or wish to RSVP to an MBA Open House.

OLLI FALL 2008 | 22 OLLI FALL 2008 | 23 The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UConn is guided by the OLLI Leadership Council which is the principal representative body of the OLLI membership. Composed of founding OLLI members, the Council helps foster the growth and sustainability of the Institute. OLLI members serving on standing committees, in conjunction with the OLLI Director and Program Assistant, carry out every aspect of the organization. OLLI is always seeking new members to get involved in curriculum planning, membership, public relations, hospitality, newsletter, and OLLI Café Committees. For a list of current council members and committee information please visit our website or call 203-236-9924.

The lifelong learning initiative began with seed money, service, business, education, law and politics. Today, the market research, and technical support from the Leever and campus is located in a modern, state-of-the art facility in the Connecticut Community Foundations. Currently, the Institute heart of downtown Waterbury. Our neighbors are the historic is made possible by the generosity and support of the Bernard Palace Theater and a new arts magnet middle and high school, Osher Foundation and the University of Connecticut. making our location a beacon for educational and cultural enlightenment. Students enjoy quality interaction with great The University of Connecticut’s Waterbury campus serves more professors and participate in research opportunities that enrich than 1,000 students annually. In its sixty years of operation, the college experience. An extensive range of undergraduate and UConn Waterbury has opened the doors to educational access graduate course offerings and study areas are available. Visit us and excellence to thousands of Connecticut residents, many of online: www.waterbury.uconn.edu. whom have distinguished themselves in the fields of community

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